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D. R. MATTHEWS ATTACHMENT FOR WASHING MACHINES Filed 14. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet l ZJ-rvuentor JZZ/Vazfwzm;

o. R. MATTHEWS ATTACHMENT FOR WASHING MACHINES Filed Feb. 14, 1925 2 sheets-sheet 2 Patented Dec. 8, 1925.

UNITED P T NT Ot'Ftfi'E,

DALLAS R. MATTHEWS, OF CINCIIl'NATI, OHIO.

ATTACHMENT on wnsrrme MACHINES.

Application filed February 14, 925. Serial No. 9,171.

' To all whom it may poncern:

.B e it known that I, DALLAS R. Mivr'rincws, a CltlZGlI of the UnitedStates, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new the cleansingot'the washing cylinder may be performed. in. a facile and expeditious mannert An object of the invention is to provide suitable mechanism applicable for use on standard types of washing machines to permit elevation of the relatively heavy and unwieldy clothes carrying cylinder to a point of, accessibility atthe top of the washing machine tuber casing.

Another object of the invention is to 'prpvide 1 manual, or mechanical means for raising the cylinder, of a cylinder type washing machine, but of its tub or casing to bring the cylinder into proximity to the operator, especially for convenience in re moving clothes from the cylinder, for cleaning or repairing the cylinder, and for the pulp-est of completely removing the cylindcr from itsfbearings in the tub.

Other-objects of the invention will be apparent from the following description of the present preferred form of the invention wherein l is a side elevational view of mechanism constructed in accordance with the present invention illustrating" its applicationon a cylinder type washing machine;

Fig. 2 is a detail enlarged fragmentary sectional view of the same;

Fig. 3 is an end elevational. view of the mechanism illustrating its application. on a washing machine, the latter being shown partly. in section;

Fig. 4 is a detail enlarged fragmentary sectional viewof a washingmachine tub or casing illustrating the manner of mounting the mechanism thereon; J

Fig. 5 is a detail fragmentary perspective view of the cylinder saddle comprising part of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is a detail enlarged fragmentary sectional plan view of a washing machine embodying the present invention '5 and 'uration and may be mounted upon a mo-.

Fig. 7 is a detailperspective view of a washing machine bearing block constructed in accordance with the present invention.

It is well known in this art to provide mechanisms for. elevating a washing machine in its entirety. and it is furthermore well known in the artto so construct the washing cylinder and mount it in its tub or casing in such a manner that it may be elevated independently of the tub or cas ing. The presentinvention is consequently limited to the meansemployed for elevating the clothes cylinder independently of the tub or casingin which the cylinder is mounted.

In order to illustrate the application of the present invention a tub or casing, 8 is shown which may be of any desired configbile base in a manner well known in the art. In use of the present invention, however, it is desired that a block 10 be mounted on the inner face of each end of the tub or casing 8,Wh13l1.b l00k, as illustrated to advantage in Fig. 7 of the drawings, is pro vided with a V-sha'pe recess 11 in its upper terminal and is provided with a vertical slot 12 in its outer face. A washing cylinder13 also of conventional design is mounted in the tub or casing 8 and is equipped with terminal pintles 14 which rest in the V-shape recesses 11 of the blocks 10 when the cylinder is mounted in the tub or casing as shown in Fig. l

The essential parts of the mechanism employed for'elevating the cylinder 13 embody a saddle 15 which latter is composed of a single metal strap bent into substantially U-shape, the base of which is in parallelism with the bottom of the casing 8 while the terminals are parallel to the ends of said casing. The free ends oi said terminals are rodl? the upper end of which exteiidscon;

type, in viewer the-fact'thataiter the bend it v r easing" of the inner periphery and the annulus i8 is relatively larger than the diameter of the rod 17 and is provided with screwthreads which complement and are" adapted to engage a packing nut 19 through which the rod 17; passes. The nut is, of course, ad'- justahle so that packing material mounted in the housing may be compressed from time to time to avoid leakage from the casing and to minimize the possibility of lateral movement of the rod. lChejlower end of the rod has a pulley wheel" 20' 'jourha-led "therein, Said pulley Wheel has the. intermediateportion of a cable 21 trained thereabout, one end of the cable being secured to the loottom of the casing 8, as indicated at 22, while the opposite end" is trained about a pulley 23 journaled on the bottom of the" casing 8 and passest'herefiom in'to'engagen'ient with a drum 24 which is also joui'nal'ed on the bottom (if the casing '8; The drum in the present instance issh'ownfas being operated by a hand crank 25 butthisis for the purpose oi illustration only, 1 since numerous other expedients may beeniploye'd for rotating the drum.

In use of this device, assumingt-hat the cylinder 1 3 is mounted in the casingiin the manner shown in Fig, l o fthe drawings, it can beelevated by simply t'urningthe-crank 25. AS is apparent, rotation of the crank 25corresp'ondingly rotatesthe drum 2% and winds the cable 21 thereon; This exerts pressure on the pulley 20 and urges the rod 17 upwardly through the packing nut 19; The saddle 151s simultaneously elevated as is also the cylinder 13 by reason of the fact that upward movement or the saddle disengages the" pi'nties '14 from the blocks 10. The cylinder maybe raised to any desired position and held there through such means as a pawl 26 and serrations in thefc'r'a'nli' 25 which it engages; Asis apparent, this pee mits the cylinder to he elevated in a facile and expeditious manner for removing the clothes from the cylinder, or for permitting the removal of the cylinder from the casing. In this way, the cylinder tan be cleaned or repaired, and access readily gained thereto for any "other purpose. Pt eliminates the labor new entailed jby operator or a washing machine, esp ally the cy mg has been completed the ope" e cylinder pi ntles 1h sass i il-ii h-t 'li'e a e-nae shi' cylinder is manually removed from the easing to permit the latter, as well as the cylinder, to be cleaned out before the nezrwashing operation. Since the cylinders are relatively heavy, operators frequently perience difiiculty. in removing them and yery often subject themselves to injuries. The present device, however, permits the cylinder to be elevated to a point above the casing where it maybe conveniently grasped and removed by any one capable of operating a washing, machine.

It is, of course, to be understood that l have herein described simply a perterred form of the present invention. The essence oi" the invention is toemploy the presentmechanism or its substantialelpiivalent to elevate the cylinder, whether the means our ployed for ope-rating the mechanism be me chanical or electrical. The present device, as illustrated in the drawings, is adapted for use on a standard cylinder type washing machine but it is to be understood that the mechanism forming the present invcntio'iii may be varied to adapt the same for use on other types of washing machines.

1. an attachment for cylinder type washingmachines-including a tub equipped wi bearings, a cylinder having terminal pin'tles mounted in said bearings, a saddle mounted said tub the ends 01 which embrace the pintle's, and means movable through the bottom of the tub and engageable with said saddle for elevating the cylinder to the top of the tub.

2. In combination with a washing machine tub equipped with a clothes cylinder ing the cylinder, and a rod cxtemliiro;

through the hotton'i of said tub and engaged with said saddle and movable vertically through the tub substantially as described.

4. A Washing machine attachment, iii combination with a washing machine tub equipped with a rotatable clothe-s cylincer provided with terminal pintle's mounted in hearings on the'e'nds of the tub, mechanism for elevating the cylinder including sad die the ends of whichare slidable th-reugh the pintle hearings and embrace said pintles,

and means engagedwith said saddle'tourge mesa-are upwardly.

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